Chapter 127: MR246's Snakehead
MR243 was once again blocked outside the door to get the boat, and Pan Wen did not kill MR241 in the first place.
There is no clear evidence that the player set up a net for him when he escaped, but it's always good to be careful with those guys, go up and bite when you have the chance, and don't give them a chance to make trouble if you don't have a chance.
The target below is MR246, the gathering place of the Blue Pirates.
A few days ago, the MR251 avoided this chaotic place, mainly because they were worried that the blue-skinned pirates would not be rude and even wanted to rob people and ships. With the Gold's ancillary equipment such as frigates, bring-in fighters, gunboats, and reconnaissance ships gradually improved, and he himself obtained an expert-level license, it was time to meet his blue-skinned counterparts.
The Blue Pirates and the Segeis high-level have reached an agreement similar to a robbery on the issue of the MR241 mobile star base, which should be regarded as an alliance, and Pan Wen, as a first-level member of the Interstellar Trade Friendship Alliance, should not take the lead in causing trouble in the Blue Pirate territory.
But if it's a self-defense counterattack, it's not a big problem! Of course, if it is not necessary, Pan Wen does not want to use force, and his main target is still the two great powers where the player gathers.
Both the Blue Pirates and the Seguis Pirates are pirates, but they are completely different in the eyes of everyone. The blue-skinned pirates do not follow the rules, either forcibly demanding or repeatedly charging, and all communication is based on force, and there is no popularity in the surrounding area. The order generated by the basic management system of Segeis, no matter how big or small, can be resolved through negotiation with surrounding forces and countries, such as the famous captive redemption channel. In terms of trade, Segeis also made almost all surrounding countries acquiesce to certain fixed trade routes that start or end with it, and even some small and shabby countries recognized Segeis's status as friendly allies.
Segeis belongs to the evil order, and the blue-skinned pirates belong to the evil chaos, although they are not good things, relatively speaking, the human society based on order is more accepting of the existence of Segeis. There will be no substantive alliance between the two sides, as long as they don't get caught and come to the door to make trouble.
MR246 is a shattered world, the area most affected by the original human-insect melee, the original twelve rocky planets are now only three, and the rest have become asteroids, this data can show how outrageous the bugs were in the beginning.
The blue-skinned Anik people were originally the natives of MR246, and at that time, they were desolate by insects because technology was still in the stage of colonization within the star system. Humans intervened to fight the bugs, which eventually led to the destruction of their homes.
In the face of extraterrestrial intelligent life, especially the scientific and technological strength is not as good as their own, human beings have a very good way, while slowly funding the remaining Anik people to create space settlement support technology, while already occupying all the galaxies that can be occupied around, and finally let the Anikes do space jumping, but they have become a wandering people without a home planet!
If they have a complete human technology system, the Aniks can change the fate of wandering and spend some money to transform a planet for colonization, but unfortunately, their existing technology is actively "assisted" by humans, and they will always "accidentally" miss something important.
The destruction of their homes has made the Anikes hate humans more than bugs, but what is even more tragic is that the Anike people's fertility rate is very low, and the genetic technology is also backward, they have to rely on the way of mixing with humans to improve the efficiency of the operation of scattered settlements, and in the past few hundred years, the number of humans in MR246 is more than that of the Anikes! However, regardless of whether there are many humans or Anikes, it is still the Anike culture that dominates MR246, and even the humans who live here feel that they are Anikes, so they are collectively called the Blue Pirates. Only a small number of Anikes who have grown up in human society have integrated into the human race, doing some acting work and accepting the human cultural system.
The Gold jumped from MR243 with Ensigns 1 and 2, and before they could increase their speed and move far, someone came to the door to collect the money.
Completely expected.
MR243 is the star system with the most inhabitants in the entire human domination area, and has a large number of supplies, passenger transportation, escorts, and other aspects of ship travel needs, since the jump circle of each galaxy is only slightly offset according to the change of the position of the star system, it can basically be regarded as a fixed area, and it is strange that the pirates of MR246 do not stare at this side.
The blue pirates like to collect tolls repeatedly, and the latter will not care whether the front has been collected, and the phenomenon of gathering together in areas with a large flow of "visitors" will be more serious, so it is said that there are more enemies and less I should be avoided by Pan Wen as much as possible, but in fact, the route of the game Guiys to MR246 should be safe. Because Segeis has no business dealings with the Blue Pirates, and deals purely for the purpose of collecting tolls, this side has to take into account the possibility of a large commercial alliance, and in the end, whether it is a commercial embargo or a high-priced dumping, it is not something that the Blue Pirates who no longer have a complete social system are willing to see.
"Human, you know our rules,"
Appearing on the holographic panel is a blue-skinned fellow, these Aniks are about the same length, with the tips of the ears long and outward, no nose bridge and no hair, and the angle of the eyes forms a slightly wider visual range than that of humans, marked by a hairy fleshy protrusion on the door of the brain.
"I'm here to do business, and in order to control costs, I think it's better to pay the toll after getting the goods."
"There has never been such a rule on the territory of the Anikes, and if you don't think it through, something will happen that you don't want to see."
Pan Wen calmed down for a few seconds in thought, and then showed weakness: "Then let's make an offer." ”
The blue-skinned guy on the opposite side automatically shook twice, and seemed to be a little proud: "Hmph! Knowingly, I decided to charge you 100 Star Coins! ”
100 star coins for three boats is a very high cost, and it is only the first level of the repeated charge, and others are willing to pay the toll, most of which is due to the fact that the cost is lower than one more jump, otherwise no one will come to this ghost place. But in fact, the Anikes are very unruly, causing their "business" to get worse and worse, and they still don't know how to restrain.
Pan Wen "thought" for a moment and said, "I'll give 200 star coins, you must escort me to find a big snakehead, otherwise I'd rather fight!" ”
"Huh!?" The blue-skinned guy was frightened by the initiative to increase the price, and the stupid hair moved a few more times, and immediately clapped, "Okay!" But you have to pay 100 Star Coins first. ”
MR246 does not produce star crystals, and they are so unruly that they dare not do business with the Interstellar Union, let alone other small banks. They don't have a top-level management body, and the metal money left over from ancient times has depreciated sharply due to private digging and messing around, and no one is using it anymore. Then the scarce materials here have to be purchased from the outside world with star coins, because the toll will be greatly increased. All of this combined effect makes Star Coins an extremely scarce and popular currency among the Blue Pirates, and it can be a very difficult option for them to turn them down.
As for the head of the snake, yes, Pan Wen is here to do the real black business, that is, to buy slaves.
Modern human society does not recognize the slavery system, even the imperial Islamic Empire does not openly admit that it has slaves, but there will be a market for demand, in addition to manufacturing contraband, slave export is also a major source of income for the blue pirates, there are two sources, captured and raised by them as slaves.
Once the captured slaves leave MR246, most of them will be treated according to the current human captive regulations, and in the end they will either be released or ransomed by a certain country, and the rest will not rule out the possibility of continuing to be slaves. The slaves specially cultivated by the blue-skinned pirates have accepted their status as slaves as early as the growth period, as long as they are easy to manage, and then let them learn the concept of human society, it is difficult to eliminate servility, and it is normal for a big ship like the Gold to throw hundreds of people into it without being discovered by the public for more than ten years, not to mention that Segeis does not have so many human rights at all, as long as he has no nationality to go to the management office to make a record.
Qian Panwen didn't plan not to give it, but the Golden Number couldn't let them get too close to see the size clearly, which would easily cause the other party to be uneasy and gather their friends to work together, so Qian was sent over by the Weiss IV multi-purpose gunboat.
Everyone was worried that the blue-skinned pirates would get on the ship to kill people, and it was common for them to pay money with fighter planes, but the other party was not suspicious.
There were locals who opened the way, and according to their rule of going one at a time, no other ships came to look for trouble, and the Golden and Ensigns 1 and 2 left the jumping circle without incident.
After moving for a few hours, we reached the vicinity of the artificial ecosystem. The artificial biosphere that can be found everywhere in MR246 is a bit like the self-sustaining trophic zone on a cruiser, with a plate-like fractional layer on the whole, but they are larger, and the outer walls are filtered to make use of solar energy, not armor or the like, which is a very low-cost artificial space living environment.
The blue-skinned guy acted as an intermediary and used his ship as a communication node to connect the communication between Pan Wen and the snakehead. Needless to say, the snakeheads are also blue-skinned Anikes, and although they are few in MR246, their status is much higher than that of the humans who beg for a living here.
"Are you going to buy pigs? How much? What quality? ”
The correspondent and the deputy captain Nadezhda, who could hear the call, frowned and expressed disgust at the extremely insulting words in the mouth of the snakehead, but Pan Wen remained unmoved.
"I need something smart that I can use as a crew member, and if you make an offer, I might be able to buy quite a few."
The most dangerous thing about buying slaves here is that the Anikes may get rich at any time, abandon the most basic principles of buying and selling, and copy the work of pirates to make a vote, so although Pan Wen knew that MR246 had slaves to buy from the "memory" given for nothing, he had never thought about it before.
The person on the other side slapped his green lips a few times, and tentatively reported a number: "50 star coins a piece, if you don't buy more than a hundred, you can get out." ”